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Recent Examples of tween
This is not so far from how tweens and teens actually talk in 2025!
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Charu Sinha, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2025
Included in the edit were a sports clip of Charlotte Hornets’ basketball player LaMelo Ball, who stands 6 feet 7 inches tall, and another clip featuring a tween and some fellow tween basketball fans shouting the numbers while waving their palms up and down courtside at a game.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The tween audience only grew as each year a new crop of young viewers discovered the show in Netflix’s library.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
With everyone on your list in mind, this curation of the best little gift ideas includes items that everyone will enjoy, from your stylish partner and jet-setting best friend to the picky teens and tweens.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
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Charu Sinha, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2025
Included in the edit were a sports clip of Charlotte Hornets’ basketball player LaMelo Ball, who stands 6 feet 7 inches tall, and another clip featuring a tween and some fellow tween basketball fans shouting the numbers while waving their palms up and down courtside at a game.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The tween audience only grew as each year a new crop of young viewers discovered the show in Netflix’s library.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
With everyone on your list in mind, this curation of the best little gift ideas includes items that everyone will enjoy, from your stylish partner and jet-setting best friend to the picky teens and tweens.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
Noun
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We were bullied, after all, by the older teenagers who beat us on a regular basis, bloodied our mouths with one punch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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With two teenagers, Short's grocery bill is about $1,100 a month.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The kids' club received an overhaul in 2018.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Proving that moms will do anything for their kids, Kim Kardashian joined North to dress up as her favorite TikTok stars, Jay Guapõ and Pink Cardigan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Choose the one that works best for your adolescent.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Driscoll’s workbook on mental health care for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes also walks through various strategies, including communication and problem-solving skills.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Things got slightly more chaotic when Kaufman introduced a child's costume that saw a youngster walk out to set with a barrel over his body, with the controversial — and subsequently canceled — Cracker Barrel logo on it.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers are set to return next year with Teoscar Hernandez in the outfield, with a need to find room for top youngster Dalton Rushing and with potential interest in acquiring a star slugger like Kyle Tucker.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Even juveniles weighed in at around 4,000 pounds.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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The wolves killed were a breeding pair and two other adults, plus a juvenile that was mistaken for an adult and killed accidentally.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Gabriel Byrne shows up as a nasty villain known as the Chancellor, who has kidnaped the adorable moppet Ella (Ava Joyce McCarthy) and whisked her off to a bucolic Alpine village where a society of ruthless killers are able to raise, and train, their children in peace.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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See photos of the joyful fathers in Hollywood's older dad's club, spending quality time with their youngest kiddos.—
Anya Leon,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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It’s made of dense foam pieces, including a base, cushion and two triangle pillows, allowing kiddos to create forts and obstacle courses along with sturdy, comfortable seating.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shuckle Bucks are an easy way to pay and play any activities not covered under general admission such as face painting, cow train, corn cannon, kiddie zip line and more.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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There were kiddie pools in the yard and vintage VW buses in the driveway.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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